And remember, always be Mr. Nice Guy (or Gal) with cops. It's yes sir this and yes sir that. Cops deal with a lot of crap day in, day out - don't be part of the crap they deal with. Never "cop" an attitude. Cops often have an 'us vs. them' attitude with the citizenry, so try not to contribute further to that paradigm. Cops are just doing their jobs, usually, remember that. Some are crooked, and they're usually the non-white ones. Hollywood has it all backwards.

There are five magic words if you're facing real trouble and time behind bars. They are I have nothing to say. Repeat them as necessary and let your attorney do ALL the talking. Judges, lawyers, and court clerks and workers see themselves as above the citizens, so let them engage in the important discussions.

The job of cops is to protect (us from blacks) and serve (our white communities).

Remember, I have nothing to say.

And if you have nice cleavage, it's always good to put on display if you get pulled over. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Believe me when I tell you: prison is a place you do not want to be.

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"The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government." --Thomas Paine

Good advice in general, however, let's assume you just committed an offense, you hear the sirens..if you have a chance, move quickly into a brushy area and lie down. DON'T MOVE! If you can crawl next to rocks, (they hold heat) you will evade the night vision/infrared camera. Stay put till shift change. I've been hunkered down half way up a hillside for 14 hours watching the dogs, the squads doing their pattern search and of course the helicopter flying around for 1/2 hr. before things calmed down enough to be able to relocate. City cops tend not to want to get their uniforms dirty or just be averse to dirt, so heading for brush may give you an escape route. One more tip..don't go home for any reason, when the APB is hot. They'll be sitting somewhere to scope out your pad just waiting for your foolish return.

A WN LEO friend of mine told me that a good thing to do when pulled over at night is to turn on your inside lights and place both hands on top of the steering wheel. He said cops really appreciate you doing this and makes them more likely to give you a break.

If you can find it, EVERYONE should read this book! It is called
Arrest-Proof Yourself by Dale C Carson. Mr Carson was an FBI field agent, a SWAT sniper and a Miami Police officer. He knows his stuff. I believe he is now a criminal defense lawyer in Florida. This book deals with your ten commandments and more. I tell every young person I know to READ THIS BOOK!!! ANY arrest, no matter how insignificant, even if you are let go an hour later, stays on your elecronic record forever. It can cost you a lot. It can make it hard to get a job, hard to get a loan, and if you are ever stopped, can show up when the officer runs your ID or driver's license. The system is broken. He explains this and he gives valuable tips on how to make yourself less likely to be bothered by the cops. Stupid things like that booming stereo, piercings, tatoos, even tinted windows for your car are all cop magnets. He also explains that if a woman you are living with calls the cops on you, you are screwed. He says to get out of there and as far away as possible. Even if it means abandoning all your stuff. Because all you have to do is fart in the girl's presence to get a domestic violence rap. He talks of the feminizing of America and how the education system, mental health system and social services are all run by and biased towards the female point of view. If you are a guy, you are screwed if you lock horns with any of these three 'plantations' as he calls them. Anyway, it is a very eye opening read from a man who has worked for most of his life in law enforcement.
I had my 12 year old read it as well as some teens I now. Believe me, if you are 1 or 100, you need to read this book. I know I got one heck of an eye opening education from it.

I wish I had known a few of these things years ago. My ex wife went nuts. Literally. She would get angry for no reason and hit me. I don't bruise easily and she was quite a bit smaller then me, so I would let it blow over. Then she started doing other crazy things and I tried calling the police on her. I would get comments from the police like, "You don't want us to arrest your kid's mom do you?" Finally after she had maxed out all the credit cards and spent every dime we had, then hit me and actually broke a tooth, I blew up and push her out the front door. Next thing I know, I'm America's most wanted. There must have been a dozen police cars there to arrest me.

I got to spend the night in jail. Fortunately I had a friend that was a lawyer or it may have been longer. Had to go to court a couple of days latter. When I got there I looked around and saw women that had actually been beaten. They had broken noses, black eyes; the whole nine yards. I thought this will be easy. Obviously my wife wasn't beaten. Nope I got the same punishment that all the other men got. Anger Management classes.

In anger management I learned keep two valuable things with me at all times . Alway keep a disposable camera, and a hand held tape recorder with you. Some of these poor guys had the women that they had been accused of beating following them around so they could accuse them of violating the no contact order.

Believe it or not I got back together with the nut. It was either that or leave my kid entirely in her care. I had to bide my time until she hit me in front of a witness. Then I had demand that the police arrest her. When I showed up in court, for her pretrial hearing, I heard a police woman calling her name. I pointed my ex out to the police woman and I watched as she went over and put her arm around my ex, and begin to talk to here. She looked up, surprised, and walked over to me. This police woman was with the domestic violence unit and was there to give me moral support. She didn't put her arm around me.

In the end I got sole custody of my kids, but I lost everything that I had. My credit is screwed, and while my arrest has been expunged from my record, I still fill out job applications that ask if you have ever had an arrest expunged.

The police are not there to fight crime. They are their to make arrests. They will do what ever they can to make the most likely suspect guilty. So in a conflict between a man and wife. The wife is less likely to actually be able to hurt the husband and she will garner more sympathy in the court room. There will also be a fat lesbian in the court room to make sure the judge doesn't let any men off too easy. I am not making this up. Guess who the police want to be the guilty party. So if your wife hits you in the mouth and bruises her knuckles doing it, you are going to jail for hitting her fist with your face.

It is my understanding that if a LE officer is speaking to you, you are "legally detained", not "under arrest". It may be a fine point but the distinction is important as pertaining to rights and responsibilities of the parties involved.

Actually that is a very definate distinction that most people miss. First off if you are legally detained you are free to leave/end the questioning at any time just by saying "am I free to go?" If they say no, ask if you are under arrest. They have to tell you.

And if you are just being detained you can walk off...just tell them that you are done answring their questions.

If you simply stand in the doorway with the door open, they may be able to justify a search of the house by claiming they smelled marijuana smoke in a nearby room, or that they thought they saw contraband in the corner of a room. It is best to lock the door, take your keys with you, step outside, and then shut the door, as you said.

They would be hard-pressed to claim they were able to smell marijuana or observe contraband/illegal behavior in the 2-3 seconds it takes you to get outside and shut the door behind you.

That is a slippery slope SB.

If you step outside you subject yourself to being "in public" as in drunk/exposed/disturbing the peace. Not to mention that they can always claim officer "safety" to go inside to see if there is anyone lurking with a weapon.

If you stay within the doorway you subject yourself to the plain view doctrine and anything they observe, pot smoke, a gun, a bong, etc, can be used as a reason to enter for further investigation.

No real answer here, just decide based on the facts of your situation.

Another good reason not to talk to cops: When they say "Anything you say can and will be used against you", this acts as a legal disclaimer indicating that not a single thing you might say in your defense can be used by them in your defense. They will simply filter anything you say in order to find any aspect of it that they can use against you. So, if you're the sort that uses a lawyer (I'm not), save anything you have to say for your lawyer, and let the oinker do all the grunting during the arrest.